Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

When to see the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Moldova.

About the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

The Madagascar pygmy kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and found in western dry deciduous forests.

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Easily confused with

White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogasterThe white-bellied kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in Mali and throughout the African tropical rainforest. Malagasy KingfisherCorythornis vintsioidesThe Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros. Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatusIt is a small kingfisher, around 13 cm (5.1 in) in length.